1. N ONPROFIT A DMINISTRATION P ROGRAM Sources to begin the Environmental Scan

2. F IRST S TEPS Look at current information about the program Mission Course Offerings

3. NPA P ROGRAM ’ S C URRENT M ISSION, PT.1 The nonprofit administration program is an interdisciplinary professional degree program housed in the social sciences. The program is intended for those who have or expect to have careers managing or administering nonprofit organizations in areas in which direct assistance is provided to people in need.

4. NPA P ROGRAM ’ S C URRENT M ISSION, PT.2 The nonprofit administration program shapes experienced service providers of today into the administrators of the nonprofit organizations of tomorrow. The program prepares people to better serve their organizations and their communities by teaching approaches to leadership, team-building skill, ethical values and practices, nonprofit financial and resource management models, and strategic planning procedures among other practical administrative tools used in nonprofit organizations.

5. NPA P ROGRAM ’ S C URRENT M ISSION, PT.3 The program improves their ability to address issues related to the pluralistic environment in which we live. In an increasingly diverse society comprised of people with expanding needs and sometimes decreasing ability to address them, nonprofit organizations play an increasingly important role in society. The administrators of these organizations must have the necessary leadership skills that this program provides.

6. NPA P ROGRAM ’ S C URRENT M ISSION, PT.4 This nonprofit administration program is a complete learning experience. It requires exposure to the field, practical instruction, case-based learning, and learning experiences that are necessary to link theoretical instruction to applied settings. Since the intended outcome is to train leaders for community organizations, the curricular components of this program include mentorship, team-building, crisis- management, and strategic planning.

7. C URRENT R EQUIRED C OURSES AC 572 Accounting for Nonprofit Organizations EC 501 Economics for Nonprofit Managers MN 550N Leadership & Managerial Skills MN 591N Ethics and Business Environmental Issues NP 501 Overview of Nonprofit Administration NP 520 Advocacy for Nonprofit Organizations NP 530 Professional Communications for Nonprofit Administrators NP 595 Integrative Capstone Project

8. C URRENT E LECTIVE C OURSES MK 521 Principles of Marketing MN 588 Strategic Human Resource Management or MN 589 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management NP 510 Internship in Nonprofit Administration NP 540 Grant Writing and Fund Raising for Nonprofits NP 550 Policy Analysis for Nonprofits NP 555 Cultural Diversity Training NP 560 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis for Nonprofit Administrators NP 570 Organizational Assessment, Evaluation and Design NP 580 Independent Study

9. I NTERNAL S OURCES OF I NFORMATION JCU enrollment statistics http://www.jcu.edu/ir/student0910.htm Enrollment Data, Fall Semester 2009 Enrollment Stats by Gender and Race, Fall 2009 Minority Enrollment Statistics, 2000-2009 Enrollment Statistics, 2000-2009 Gather general data from admissions applications: Gender Previous education Work experience Data from student questionnaire

10. E XTERNAL S OURCES OF I NFORMATION List of sites through JCU’s Office of Institutional Research http://www.jcu.edu/ir/links.htm Nonprofit Management Education – Seton Hall University ( Roseanne M. Mirabella, Ph.D.) http://academic.shu.edu/npo/ U.S. Department of Labor http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20081022ar01p1.htm http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/09/art3full.pdf http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs054.htm

11. E XTERNAL S OURCES OF I NFORMATION Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) publication Trends to Watch in Higher Education http://www.scup.org/page/knowledge/ttw The Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC) http://www.naccouncil.org/ Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) http://www.arnova.org/ National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) http://www.naspaa.org/

12. N ONPROFIT M ANAGER D ESIRED S KILLS Tschirhart, Mary. “Nonprofit Management Education: Recommendations Drawn fromThree Stakeholder Groups” in O’Neill, Michael and Kathleen Fletcher, eds., Nonprofit Management Education: U.S. and World Perspectives, Praeger: Westport, CT, 1998, esp. pp.125-128 (available through OhioLink)